#8B541B#8B541B

#8B541B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.101 H 62.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B541B
RGB	rgb(139, 84, 27)
HSL	hsl(31, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(31, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.6%, 80.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.07, 18.16, 40.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.07, 44.68, 66.02°)
OKLab	oklab(49.87% 0.0473 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(49.87% 0.101 62)
XYZ	xyz(14.0168, 11.9102, 2.5974)
Luminance	0.1191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B541B #1B528B

analogous

#8B1C1B #8B541B #8A8B1B

triadic

#8B541B #1B8B54 #541B8B

tetradic

#8B541B #1B8B1C #1B528B #8B1B8A

square

#8B541B #1B8B1C #1B528B #8B1B8A

split-complementary

#8B541B #1B8A8B #1C1B8B

monochromatic

#251607 #583511 #8B541B #BE7325 #DB9245

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#8B541B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#8B541B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B541B

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B541B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B541B	1.00	6.21	3.38	6.21
#FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655912

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72661C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984749

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b541b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 84, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.101 62.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2845c',
    500: '#8b541b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b541b;
$custom-light: #b2845c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b541b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.536,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4987,
    "c": 0.10076,
    "h": 62
  },
  "luminance": 0.11909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B541B

secondary

#4580BC

accent

#92EA3D

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B541B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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